AlphaGo on a smartphone? Chinese brothers plan to put AI in your pocket with start-up based on …

AlphaGo on a smartphone? Chinese brothers plan to put AI in your pocket with start-up based on …

A team of researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences expect to set a new valuation record in China with their start-up based on Cambrian, a deep-learning processor they invented that may take artificial intelligence to the next level. The team, led by 32-year old Chen Yunji and his younger brother Chen Tianshi, who both teach at the academy’s Institute of Computing Technology in Beijing, said they are now wrapping up the first round of angel investment in their start-up, which is named after the “revolutionary” processor. READ MORE: Chinese start-up on track to deliver artificial intelligence-on-a-chip Their goal is to bring human-like AI to people’s mobile devices. Such computing power is at present only available on supercomputers. “We are starting a company called Cambrian to commercialise our deep-learning processor,”…